A Guide to the Elmer Banks Clark Scrapbook
Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
December 2008
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator: | Clark, Elmer Banks, 1910- | |
| Title: | Elmer Banks Clark Scrapbook | |
| Dates: | 1930-1937 | |
| Abstract: | Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, postcards and memorabilia documenting Elmer Banks Clark's graduation from the Adelphi Academy in New York in 1930 through his graduate school days at the University of Florida from 1931 to 1937. | |
| Extent: | 1 Linear feet. 1 scrapbook. | |
| Identification: | Ms Coll. 93 | |
| Language(s): | English | |
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Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. For more information please see the note below. | |
Biographical/Historical Note
E. B. (Fred) Clark was a student at the University of Florida from 1931 to 1937. He received his BA in Education in 1935 and a Master's in French in 1937.
Scope and Content
Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, postcards and memorabilia. The scrapbook documents Clark's graduation from the Adelphi Academy in New York in 1930 through his graduate school days at UF. Clark roomed at the Thomas Hotel during most of his stay at UF and there are many photographs of the hotel, guests, and members of the Thomas family. There are also photographs of Gainesville residents as well as people and places in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
The collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Alternate Form of Material
A digital reproduction of the scrapbook is available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elmer Banks Clark Scrapbook, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joel W. Eastman. Donated in the author's name.
Contents List
Scrapbook |
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| Page 1. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 2. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 3. Book Shelf Scrap Book of E.B. Fred Clark | |||||||||||||
| Page 4. Copyrighted 1931 with other information | |||||||||||||
| Page 5. Commencement invitation at Adelphia Academy | |||||||||||||
| Page 5. Two newspaper clippings | |||||||||||||
| Page 6. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 7. Two newspaper clippings | |||||||||||||
| Page 8. Three newspaper clippings | |||||||||||||
| Page 9. Program of Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1930 | |||||||||||||
| Page 10. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 11. Another page of the Program of Commencement Exercises | |||||||||||||
| Page 12. Copy of the official school record of Elmer Banks Clark, Jr. (first and second years) | |||||||||||||
| Page 13. Third and fourth years of the school record | |||||||||||||
| Page 14. a. Horticulture Bldg. U. of F. | |||||||||||||
| Page 14. b. University of Florida Stadium - seats 22,000 | |||||||||||||
| Page 14. c. Stadium | |||||||||||||
| Page 14. d. Stables U. of F. | |||||||||||||
| Page 15. Views of my "Alma Mater" (1930-1937) | |||||||||||||
| Page 15. a. Peabody Hall | |||||||||||||
| Page 15. b. Administration Building | |||||||||||||
| Page 16. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 17. a. Florida Union Bldg. | |||||||||||||
| Page 17. b. P.K. Yonge Laboratory School - Here I did my first "practice teaching" | |||||||||||||
| Page 18. John F. Seagle Bldg. | |||||||||||||
| Page 19. a. Auditorium | |||||||||||||
| Page 19. b. Campus | |||||||||||||
| Page 20. Seagle Bldg. | |||||||||||||
| Page 21. a. Campus | |||||||||||||
| Page 21. b. ZAE House - "I did not belong to a fraternity" | |||||||||||||
| Page 22. Seagle Bldg. | |||||||||||||
| Page 23. a. Chemistry Building | |||||||||||||
| Page 23. b. Stadium - "My M.A. degree was conferred during the first Commencement to be held in this Stadium" | |||||||||||||
| Page 24. "Architect's drawing. Only a portion of this structure had been built when I left the university in 1937" (Administration Building) | |||||||||||||
| Page 25. Radio Station WRUF | |||||||||||||
| Page 26. Written note - "The Hotel Thomas was my home for six years." | |||||||||||||
| Page 27. Hotel Thomas, Gainesville, Fla (front view) | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. Views of Hotel Thomas - six small photographs | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. a. View of entry path and front of the building | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. b. Closer view of building | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. c. Sidewalk beside the hotel | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. d. Wrought iron fence and Hotel Thomas beyond | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. e. A woman seated on a porch swing | |||||||||||||
| Page 28. f. A young man sitting on a porch railing | |||||||||||||
| Page 29. Hotel Thomas | |||||||||||||
| Page 29. "This hotel, my home for most of my college days, was operated by Major Thomas. It had a family atmosphere. Sometimes Mother would spend the winter here. At other times I would be alone." | |||||||||||||
| Page 30. Views of Hotel Thomas - eight small photos a-h | |||||||||||||
| Page 31. Patio, Hotel Thomas | |||||||||||||
| Page 32. Views of Hotel Thomas - six small photos a-f | |||||||||||||
| Page 33. Patio, Hotel Thomas | |||||||||||||
| Page 34. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 35. Written note - "Casa Mia" (1930-1937), no photograph on page | |||||||||||||
| Page 36. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 37. Three newspaper clippings | |||||||||||||
| Page 38. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 39. Commencement Convocation program (1937 Jun 7) | |||||||||||||
| Page 40. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 41. Baccalaureate Sermon program (1937 Jun 6) | |||||||||||||
| Page 42. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 43. Pamphlet - Rules Governing Academic Customs and Costumes | |||||||||||||
| Page 44. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 45. Newspaper clipping | |||||||||||||
| Page 46. Newspaper clipping - continuation of article on page 45 | |||||||||||||
| Page 47. Newspaper clipping | |||||||||||||
| Page 48. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 49. Views of a home on the "Coffee Pot", St. Petersburg, Fla. - six small photos a-f | |||||||||||||
| Page 50. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. Six small photos with views of St. Petersburg, Fla. | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 1. Pelican on pier | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 2. Soreno Hotel | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 3. On Snell Island | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 4. Dirigible hanger | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 5. The pier | |||||||||||||
| Page 51. 6. Pelicans on pier | |||||||||||||
| Page 52. a. Pier at St. Petersburg - exterior | |||||||||||||
| Page 52. b. Pier at St. Petersburg - view from under colonnade | |||||||||||||
| Page 52. c. Log cabin at Paradise, Silver Springs, Fla. | |||||||||||||
| Page 53. "The Portrait Gallery - pictures of friends in Gainesville, Fla. Students, town people, tourists etc. This is not a fully complete collection". | |||||||||||||
| Page 54. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 55. a. Alfred Rembert | |||||||||||||
| Page 55. b. Virginia Biddle | |||||||||||||
| Page 55. c. Alfred and Wilson Hendricks | |||||||||||||
| Page 55. d. Virginia - "I was briefly engaged to V. Biddle" | |||||||||||||
| Page 56. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 57. a. Virginia | |||||||||||||
| Page 57. b. Mildred and I | |||||||||||||
| Page 57. c. Mildred Thomas | |||||||||||||
| Page 57. d. Mildred - "Mildred Thomas is another member of the large Thomas family". | |||||||||||||
| Page 58. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 59. a. Mildred and I | |||||||||||||
| Page 59. b. Mildred | |||||||||||||
| Page 59. c. Mildred | |||||||||||||
| Page 60. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 61. a. Mildred and I | |||||||||||||
| Page 61. b. Ray Stockfish | |||||||||||||
| Page 62. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 63. "O.P." Davis - "a clerk at Hotel Thomas, well liked by everyone" | |||||||||||||
| Page 64. Note - "This picture was made at Crawford Notch, N. H." refers to photo a. on Page 65 | |||||||||||||
| Page 65. a. Dan Wyman and I | |||||||||||||
| Page 65. b. "Phil" Thomas (manager of Hotel Thomas) | |||||||||||||
| Page 65. c. Mr. Marsh (guest at hotel) | |||||||||||||
| Page 65. d. Small photo of a man by some trees | |||||||||||||
| Page 66. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 67. a. "Mr. And Mrs. Herbert MacIntire, who gave me this book as a graduation gift, June 1937" | |||||||||||||
| Page 67. b. Louise Sword | |||||||||||||
| Page 68. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 69. a. Mrs. Mary McRee | |||||||||||||
| Page 69. b. "Dick" Tench - "classmate at U. of F. Picture taken atop roof of hotel in Valdosta, Georgia | |||||||||||||
| Page 70. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 71. a. "Buddy" Chalker | |||||||||||||
| Page 71. b. Another picture of "Buddy"? | |||||||||||||
| Page 72. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 73. a. Claude Murphree - by a car | |||||||||||||
| Page 73. b. Claude Murphree - by a door to a building | |||||||||||||
| Page 74. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 75. a. Roy Daniels | |||||||||||||
| Page 75. b. Victor Konopka - U. of F. student | |||||||||||||
| Page 76. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 77. John Meagley (pictured with a young woman whose name is not given) | |||||||||||||
| Page 78. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 79. a. "Bob" Higginbotham - "country lad from interior of Florida. I visited his home". | |||||||||||||
| Page 79. b. Roger Monroe - U. of F. Student | |||||||||||||
| Page 80. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 81. a. George Watson - "Friend from St. Petersburg Fla." | |||||||||||||
| Page 81. b. George and one of his friends | |||||||||||||
| Page 82. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 83. a. "Jack" Cooper - "Friend from Palatka, Fla." | |||||||||||||
| Page 83. b. Roger, myself, Jack - "Three little lads in Florida white" | |||||||||||||
| Page 84. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 85. John Maura - U. of F. Student | |||||||||||||
| Page 86. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 87. Note - "Allen of Miami" - no photo included on page | |||||||||||||
| Page 88. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 89. Woodrow of Miami | |||||||||||||
| Page 90. Blank | |||||||||||||
| Page 91. George Watson of St. Petersburg, Fla | |||||||||||||
| Page 92-149. Blank | |||||||||||||
Loose Photographs |
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| a. Mother | |||||||||||||
| b. Commencement Day UF (1937 Jun) | |||||||||||||
| c. After Commencement (1937 Jun) | |||||||||||||
| d. Front porch in my house. | |||||||||||||
| e. General Beaver's residence, showing the approach | |||||||||||||
| f. Rear view of the general's house taken from the formal gardens | |||||||||||||
| g. General Beaver's residence taken from the highway in front | |||||||||||||
| h. Fred on a big palm. | |||||||||||||
| i. Out by Fred's room | |||||||||||||
| j. Me by the big palm. The lake is Mirror Lake, near here. | |||||||||||||
| k. Tryon, N.C. April 1919. Billy and Elmer (the horse) | |||||||||||||
| l. Apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City, where we lived in 1930, prior to going to Florida. | |||||||||||||
| Fifteen unidentified photographs of people and buildings | |||||||||||||
Selected Subjects and Access Terms
Gainesville (Fla.) -- Photographs
Saint Petersburg (Fla.) -- Photographs
Universities and colleges -- Florida -- History
University of Florida -- Photographs
For further information, please contact: Special Collections Access Services.
